Maddur: Maddur has returned to calm this morning after three days of tension following unrest during a Ganesha immersion procession, where miscreants pelted stones. Shops reopened and business activity resumed, even as Police maintained a tight vigil in sensitive areas to prevent any flare-ups. To restore peace and bring the immersion festivities to a close,…
Maddur Bandh near total: Normal life hit
September 9, 2025Maddur: Normal life was disrupted today, following a Maddur Bandh call given by various pro-Hindu organisations. The bandh was called in protest against the alleged stone pelting during a procession organised as part of Ganesha idol immersion in the town on Sunday (Sept. 7) night. From commercial establishments to road side vending to others, all…
Maddur violence: MP Yaduveer seeks arrest of stone pelters
September 9, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has strongly condemned the stone-pelting incident during the Ganesha idol procession in Maddur, urging the State Government to take decisive action instead of issuing what he termed “irresponsible statements.” Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Wadiyar alleged that communal disturbances have become increasingly frequent since the Congress Government…
Maddur tense as Ganesha idol immersion turns violent
September 8, 2025Maddur: More than 30 persons were injured in a stone-pelting incident during Ganesha idol immersion procession at Maddur in Mandya district last night. The procession, conducted under tight Police security, began from Siddhartha Nagar 5th Cross. As it passed the mosque at Ram Rahim Nagar, a few miscreants, reportedly from a different community, pelted stones…
Former MLA no more
January 4, 2025Maddur: Former Maddur MLA Jayavani Manchegowda (91), wife of late former MLA M. Manchegowda, passed away at her residence in Maddur town on Friday due to age-related illness. She is survived by three sons Dr. M. Maheshchand, a former MLA, M. Swarupchand and Prafulchand, three daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Jayavani was…
‘Married’ lovers commit suicide
December 19, 2024Maddur: A love story between a married man and a married woman has ended in a tragedy, with the woman ending her life by jumping into a river and her lover hanging self upon hearing the news. The incident took place in Maddur taluk and the deceased are Srushti (20), a resident of Yaraganahalli village…
Tearful adieu to S.M. Krishna at his native Somanahalli
December 12, 2024Somanahalli: The mortal remains of former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who passed away in Bengaluru on Tuesday (Dec. 10), was consigned to flames at his native Somanahalli in Maddur taluk, Mandya district, on Wednesday. The 92-year-old Krishna was given State honours with the Police Band playing National Anthem and State Police firing three rounds in…
Krishna’s last journey
December 11, 2024Lakhs pay respects to S.M. Krishna as funeral cortege moves from his residence at Sadashivanagar in Bengaluru to his native village Somanahalli in Maddur taluk for cremation this evening with full State honours Bengaluru: Lakhs of people paid their last respects to former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who passed away in Bengaluru yesterday, as the…
S.M. Krishna no more
December 10, 2024Bengaluru: Karnataka woke up to the sad news of the demise of former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna at his residence in Sadashivanagar early this morning at 2.30 am. The 92-year-old veteran politician had been ailing for some time. S. M. Krishna (Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna) was instrumental in laying a strong foundation for the growth of…
Woman, son killed in accident on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
July 14, 2024They were on their way to Bengaluru after offering Ashada puja atop Chamundi Hill Maddur: A woman and her son were killed on the spot, while her daughter and son-in-law sustained serious injuries after their car crashed into a road divider on the Rudrakshipura By-pass Road on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway on Friday. The family had…















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